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It's world Head and Neck Cancer day today. Macmillan asked us Community Champs to contribute something to their Community Blogs. Here's mine. Mike has one being published soon too. So many people don't even realise the Community is here. I do wish...
Recap - I had partial glossectomy mid April and sentinel node biopsy - results were positive with clear margins and lymph nodes clear. I did have some post op problem with neck wound infections and dreadful mouth bleed both resulting in return to hospital...
Hi everyone It feels like ages since I have been on here. Anyway I thought I would give a quick update. As the title states I am five weeks out and doing remarkably well - better than expected. Positive points No longer on regular pain meds, I...
my partner finished his treatment 30 rt 2 chemo nearly 8 weeks ago. we saw the ent consultant and oncologist at the beginning of this week and they both said everything looked fine as far as they could see (tube down nose and feeling neck and looking...
Hi everyone. Just wanted to update you all on hubby's progress. We are now 15 months post treatment. Although we still have check ups every few months it is starting to feel a different life now. However we do remember how terrified we were back in...
Hi Everyone I'm just reaching the end of my second week RT. The one massive negative so far is that I have lost all my taste! This is making it impossible to eat anything and I've already lost 4 kilos. Much as I try I just gag if I try and force anything...
So 8 weeks post Chemoradiation treatment, I go for a follow up with my Oncologist last Friday. At which he shares with me that during the planning of my treatment whilst viewing my scans, they noticed a ‘nodule’ on my thyroid, what the actual!!! And he...
Hello everyone. I had a resection to remove an SCC from my tongue in 2010 which was successful and didn't require any RT or CT. The whole thing was sorted in five weeks and I was talking and eating normally within three months. I know I got off very lightly...
Hello My mum was diagnosed with tonsil cancer stage two in January and she had 34 radiotherapy and a little byt of chemotherapy. Her last radiotherapy was 1 st of May.She is at home now.She see regularly doctors and nurse is coming to her house.She...
Hi again, Sorry more questions I begin my treatment on 24th July, first day of radiotherapy and first week of chemo cisplatin. I have been informed that I will be having my RIG fitted on 8th August at 1.30pm with 1 night in hospital. I also have chemo...
